Section R13-8-103. New Memberships

Article 1, consisting of Sections R13-8-101 through R13-8- 114, adopted effective July 22, 1994 (Supp. 94-3). Section		A.	Within one month of hire, the secretary shall distribute mem-
			bership forms to the newly employed commissioned officers.
		B.	After receipt of completed membership forms, the secretary
			shall request each applicant’s medical report from the medical
R13-8-101.	Definitions and Interpretation		advisor of the Department of Public Safety and review the
R13-8-102.	Distribution of Information, Retirement Forms, and		medical reports. The secretary shall report to the local board
	Applications		when the medical report indicates a pre-existing physical or
R13-8-103.	New Memberships		mental condition or prior injury.
R13-8-104.	Normal Retirement, Deferred Retirement, Deferred	C.	The  local  board  at  its  regularly   scheduled  meetings  shall
	Retirement Option Plan (DROP) and Reverse DROP		review the applications for new membership for eligibility in
R13-8-105.	Disability Retirement		the system and the medical reports of any applicants with a
R13-8-106.	Medical Examination of and Recovery by Member		pre-existing physical or mental condition or prior injury.
	with Accidental or Ordinary Disability	D.	If an applicant has a physical or mental condition or injury that
R13-8-107.	Survivor’s Benefits		existed or occurred prior to the date of membership in the sys-
R13-8-108.	Notification  to  Claimant  of   Determination  as   to		tem, but is otherwise eligible for membership, the local board
	Right of Claimant to a Benefit		shall approve membership, excluding accidental, catastrophic,
R13-8-109.	Benefits Calculations		or ordinary disability benefits relating to the pre-existing phys-
R13-8-110.	Termination of Benefits		ical or mental condition or injury.
R13-8-111.	Income Reporting for Member with Ordinary Dis-	E.	If the local board denies membership or approves membership
	ability Pension		with an exclusion based on a pre-existing condition or prior
R13-8-112.	Rehearing on Original Determination		injury, the secretary shall so notify the applicant in writing.
R13-8-113.	Review of Decision by Local Board on Rehearing of	F.	The local board may review on its own initiative and redeter-
	Original Determination		mine its prior decisions on membership and exclusions. The
R13-8-114.	Transcripts		local board shall notify any member of any meeting at which
R13-8-115.	Confidentiality of Medical Records and Data		the local board will review a prior decision affecting a mem-
	ARTICLE 1. PROCEDURES		ber’s membership.